It’ll do something cool.  But this proposal doesn’t specify that a hinge brick may in fact have a hinge.  Are the implications in the final paragraph solid enough?

Nice graphic.

Flat bricks were 1/3 the size of large bricks, not 1/4. Also, don’t see a point of hinge bricks.

Thane - it’s the second proposal of a dynasty. nothing has a point yet.

The size issue seems like an odd issue to vote something down over though. If it matters that much, why not propose a fix?

I can’t be random? Must there be a method behind every madness?

Per Thane Q

“The hinge on a hinge brick always runs along its length between the two rows of its width. The value of a hinge brick is always its size multiplied by 2.”

I don’t understand what that even means. I’d rather not add complex yet meaningless components so early. Establish basic brick rules, then add fancy stuff later.

Gollee, folks- give the Brick Master some leeway here, eh?

Clucky, it means that some lego bricks have hinges, so that you can make doors and stuff.  A hinge brick is long and narrow, and the hinge runs through the middle lengthwise.

Not as basic as a ‘standard’ brick, but a good deal less fancy the neon green translucent hinged brick that’s used for the windscreens of spacecraft.  Or the palm tree brick, or the pirate cannon brick.  A hinge seems pretty basic.

@Subrincinator:

two things

1) I’ve be in lots of dyasties that have really failed to take off because there wasn’t enough gameplay mechanics early enough and instead everyone just added a bunch of extra rules that didn’t do a whole lot. The start of a dynasty is really important, and I think the current phrasing does more harm than good.

2) I know what a hinge brick is *supposed* to do. My point was that its completely unclear just from the rule, which is bad.

@ Clucky: Got it.  Thanks.

I agree with Clucky. I have no problem with the rule, except that it could be clearer. I’d kind of like to see how bricks will be manipulated before adding complexities like height and hinges, but thats not a big hangup for me.

And I was also going to point out that they are 1/3 the height (not that it matters :P)

This was mostly a response to the unease in the last proposal that bricks at present didn’t have height. The flat bricks bit is really more important than the hinge bricks bit, although I do understand why people are getting caught up on that.

s/k in favour of Subrincator’s split-outs.